Railway-crossing



L. ZURCAN.

RAILWAY CROSSING.

APPLICATION FILED oc. le, 1919.

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LIONTI ZURGAN, O STENEN, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

RAILWAY-CROSSING.

Specication of Letters Patent.

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Application led October 16, 1919. ySera11\To. 331,044.

To all whom z't may concern.'

Be it known that I, LIoN'rI ZURGAN, a citizen of Ukrainia, residing at Stenen, Province of Saskatchewan, and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Crossings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in railwaycrossings, and the principal object of the invention is to provide a device to Vprevent animals from walking upon the track from the road while making the crossing.

A further object of the Yinvention is to provide a device to be installed at railway crossings or the like for dropping animals -straying oil from the road onto the track into a pit from where the animal can again enter the road. Y

With these ends in view, the invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, defined in the following description and the appended claim.

In order that my invention, may be better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, whereinrFigure 1 is a to'p plan view of a railway crossing with the device according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a lateral View thereof partly in section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.y

To both sides of the crossing 10 over the rails 11 and11 of a railway track, said track being protected by suitable fencing v12 and 12, pits 13 and 13 are provided. These pits are covered by platforms or trap doors 14 and 14 tilting around axles 15 and 15, in suitable bearings, secured to the underside of said platforms by bolts 17 and 17 or any other suitable means. i

The beveled rear ends of the platforms 14 and 14 are supported by strong coiled springs 18 and 18 adapted to normally hold the trap doors 14 and 14 in their closed position and to prevent the same from forming an obstruction for trains passing the crossing 10 over the rails 11 and 11.

From the foregoing description it will be clear that any animal straying onto the. track while crossing the railroad will step onto the trap door and fall into the pit. These pits are open toward both sides so that an animal can pass again into the road from the pit it has fallen into. Such pits are provided on both sides of a crossing between and alongside of therails in order to effectively prevent cattle, etc., from straying onto the railroad track and being killed and besides forming an obstruction for passing trains which are frequently the cause of more or less serious accidents.

What I claim is-- In a cattle guard for railway crossings, the combination of two pits adapted tol be placed beneath a railway track at either yside of a roadway crossing, covers for said pits pivotally mounted, on central aXles journaled in bearings, and adapted to be opened by the weight of an animal stepping thereon, the opening being adequate to permit the animal to pass from the track into the pit and a coiled spring for supporting the edges of the pit covers for preventing the obstruction of the track by said covers.

In testimony vwhereof I have affixed myA signature.

LIoNTr ZURCAN. 

